Relating the ancient ona culture to the wider northern horn: Discerning patterns and problems in the archaeology of the first millennium BC

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-350

  Curtis, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient Ona; Archaeology; Asmara; Ceramics; Eritrea; Ethiopia; First millennium BC; Lithics; Northern Horn of Africa; Pre Aksumite; Regional survey; Settlement patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749127443     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-009-9062-4     Document Type: Article

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